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The 46 pages that link to Deadpan, each with the reason it gives.

• SlapstickCompared with: Deadpan acting can heighten slapstick by contrasting calm expression with bodily chaos.

• Comic timingRelated: Deadpan suppresses expressive cues, making pauses and wording carry more weight.

• Physical comedyCompared with: Its restrained expression can intensify physical action by refusing to signal the joke.

• Buster KeatonRelated: Keaton’s unchanged face makes extraordinary events seem like ordinary obstacles.

• The OnionRelated: The Onion’s straight-faced delivery makes implausible stories resemble ordinary news.

• British comedyRelated: Understatement and unreactive delivery sharpen the contrast between absurdity and ordinary behavior.

• David LettermanRelated: His restrained delivery sharpened the contrast with the absurdity of many bits.

• Straight manRelated: Deadpan delivery is one way a straight man can preserve a serious contrast.

• Harrison FordRelated: His dry reactions give Han Solo's bravado much of its comic force.

• Bugs BunnyRelated: His calm responses make his opponents’ anger and confusion funnier.

• Comic personaCompared with: Deadpan describes a mode of delivery, which may support a persona but is not itself an identity.

• Tall taleRelated: Straight-faced narration makes impossible events sound more ridiculous.

• American humorRelated: Its restrained delivery makes absurd claims and bleak observations sound matter-of-fact.

• Bruce WillisRelated: His understated delivery gives many action scenes their comic edge.

• Jacques TatiRelated: Tati’s understated performance makes absurd situations seem like ordinary parts of daily life.

• Surreal humorRelated: An even tone makes impossible events seem normal, sharpening their absurdity.

• Yorgos LanthimosRelated: His actors often deliver bizarre events in an unnervingly flat register.

• Takeshi KitanoRelated: Kitano’s restrained expressions make comic moments feel abrupt and understated.

• Don RicklesCompared with: Rickles’s animated provocation contrasts with the restrained delivery associated with deadpan comedy.

• Gus Van SantRelated: His understated performances often leave emotional interpretation to the audience.

• Ricky GervaisRelated: His restrained delivery sharpens the contrast between outrageous remarks and ordinary presentation.

• Bill MurrayRelated: Murray often lets an even delivery sharpen the absurdity of a scene.

• Jim JarmuschRelated: His characters’ flat responses create humor without conventional comic emphasis.

• Andy KaufmanRelated: Kaufman’s flat delivery made absurd claims harder to distinguish from sincere ones.

• Charles AddamsRelated: His characters’ calm reactions heighten the absurdity surrounding them.

• Cloris LeachmanRelated: Her composed performances made outrageous characters and situations funnier.

• Steven WrightRelated: Wright’s flat vocal delivery makes absurd statements sound matter-of-fact.

• Terry WoganRelated: Wogan's understated delivery made absurd observations sound casually matter-of-fact.

• Gracie AllenCompared with: Allen’s earnest, animated certainty differs from the restrained delivery associated with deadpan humor.

• Mitch HedbergRelated: His calm, understated delivery makes bizarre claims sound matter-of-fact.

• Bielefeld conspiracyRelated: Its matter-of-fact tone helps the impossible claim sustain the joke.

• Bob NewhartNarrower topic: Newhart’s understated performance makes implausible situations sound matter-of-fact.

• Christopher WalkenRelated: His controlled delivery can make absurd dialogue funnier by refusing to signal the joke.

• Leslie NielsenRelated: Nielsen’s calm responses made absurd lines sound like ordinary statements.

• Norm MacdonaldNarrower topic: Macdonald's flat vocal delivery made absurd or provocative lines sound matter-of-fact.

• Taika WaititiRelated: Waititi’s characters often treat outlandish situations as ordinary, sharpening the absurdity.

• Tig NotaroRelated: Notaro's stillness makes extraordinary personal events land without conventional punch-line signals.

• Aki KaurismäkiRelated: Kaurismäki’s actors deliver humor without signaling punchlines or emotional emphasis.

• Bill BurrCompared with: Burr’s explosive expressions and emphatic rants stand apart from deadpan delivery.

• Birds Aren't RealRelated: The movement's earnest tone makes its impossible premise sound like conventional conspiracy rhetoric.

• Eve ArdenRelated: Arden’s understated delivery made sharp lines land without overt mugging.

• I'm Sorry I Haven't a ClueRelated: A straight-faced announcement makes absurd rules and answers funnier.

• Mitsuru AdachiRelated: Underplayed reactions and casual exchanges give many Adachi scenes their comic rhythm.

• Phil SilversCompared with: Silvers’s animated delivery contrasts with comedy built around deliberate emotional flatness.

• Trailer Park BoysRelated: Straight-faced reactions heighten the absurdity of the characters' increasingly chaotic situations.

• Will FerrellRelated: Ferrell often heightens absurdity by playing his characters with complete seriousness.